Chicago, IL, 60684, USA
15 days ago
Senior Architect - Information Technology
**Description** Find your future at United! We’re reinventing what our industry looks like, and what an airline can be – from the planes we fly to the people who fly them. When you join us, you’re joining a global team of 100,000+ connected by a shared passion with a wide spectrum of experience and skills to lead the way forward. Achieving our ambitions starts with supporting yours. Evolve your career and find your next opportunity. Get the care you need with industry-leading health plans and best-in-class programs to support your emotional, physical, and financial wellness. Expand your horizons with travel across the world’s biggest route network. Connect outside your team through employee-led Business Resource Groups. Create what’s next with us. Let’s define tomorrow together. United's Digital Technology team is comprised of many talented individuals all working together with cutting-edge technology to build the best airline in the history of aviation. Our team designs, develops and maintains massively scaling technology solutions brought to life with innovative architectures, data analytics, and digital solutions. **Key Responsibilities:** + Recognized expert in the enterprise architecture discipline + Define roadmaps to bridge the gap from the current to future state for business, information, and technology capabilities + Provide industry-leading thought leadership and facilitate the development of strategies across multiple disciplines/domains + Facilitate the development of architecture patterns and standards + Consult on the design of complex enterprise initiatives and provide guidance to project teams + Manage enterprise architecture models and repositories + Communicate and market the enterprise architecture strategy and ensure the successful delivery of each solution + Architecting and delivering highly-scalable and flexible, cost-effective enterprise solutions + Strong AWS experience across various services – Compute, Databases, and Streaming Services + Work closely with the principal architects to deliver the needed architectures + Anticipate future technology requirements and communicate those to the leadership and multi-functional teams + Understand the current state of the organization-wide architecture + Identify key business drivers and technology capabilities required to achieve optimal state + Coordinate with collaborator teams and own the conversation to define use cases, goals, objectives, and architecture to support the business needs + Build relationships with senior leadership + Engage and evangelize recommendations to senior leadership teams + Design and oversee the implementation of enterprise-level solutions using .NET technologies. + Develop and maintain a cloud strategy and roadmap, ensuring alignment with business objectives and emerging technologies + Stay updated on AWS advancements, tools, and best practices, recommending innovative solutions to enhance capabilities + Provide guidance and mentorship to engineering teams, ensuring best practices for cloud development, deployment, and operations. + Create and maintain architectural documentation, including diagrams, standards, and decision logs. + Continuously evaluate and optimize cloud infrastructure for performance, cost, and security + Partner with stakeholders, including business leaders, DevOps, and security teams, to design solutions that meet business needs. **Qualifications** **What’s needed to succeed (Minimum Qualifications):** + Bachelor's degree in computer science, Information Technology, Engineering, Business + Minimum of 4-8+ years of experience in software development with extensive knowledge of .NET technologies. + Proficiency in .NET Framework, .NET Core, C#, and ASP.NET. + Strong understanding of RESTful APIs, Web Services, and microservices architecture. + Strong understanding of database technologies such as SQL Server and ORM tools + Experience in leading technical staff or coordinating work across multiple technology teams + Proven track record of delivering enterprise-level cloud solutions + Experience in designing applications using AWS cloud architecture & services which supports highly resilient multi-region systems + AWS cloud services include ECS, EKS, RDS/Aurora, DynamoDB, Lambda, MSK/Solace, S3, or similar cloud services if coming from other cloud experiences + Experience in common architecture frameworks such as Microservices, REST APIs management including Authentication & authorization + Event-driven architectures to support high throughput, lower latency systems, i.e., Kafka/MSK, Solace Streaming or any others + Review architectural designs with various stakeholders + Architecture experience using various tools like Visio, Draw.io, Lucid and others to provide cloud architecture designs including resiliency structures + Business Acumen – The ability to make insightful, successful business decisions and tradeoffs assessing the internal and external business landscape, strategies, opportunities, strengths and weaknesses + Involves knowledge of the industry – and awareness of the key trends shaping the future of the corporation + Creativity & Innovation – The ability to define new, original ideas and successfully implement them across an organization + Involves an ability to think “outside-in”, assess conventional work products and processes, define new concepts, and manage change across the organization in implementing them + Persuasion – The ability to engage and enroll others in an initiative – both individually and in a group setting + Involves articulating the new possibility for others – and leading and engaging others in direct, positive, meaningful conversations + Involves being able to recognize patterns and predict outcomes – and leverage them to redirect personal and/or teamwork effort in the optimal direction + Strategic – The ability to visualize and plan for outcomes in the future, and sustain work in achieving the outcomes + Involves an ability to support short-term trade-offs in order to achieve longer term gain + Communication Skills – The ability to communicate verbally and in writing with all levels of employees and management, capable of successful formal and informal communication + Experience with DevOps practices, CI/CD pipelines, and Infrastructure as Code. + Technical Expertise - Involves demonstrating a commitment to increasing knowledge and skills in current technical/functional area, keeping up to date on technical developments, staying informed as to industry practices, knowing how to apply relevant technical processes to appropriate business needs + Integrity and Trust - Involves being widely trusted, being seen as a direct, truthful individual, can present the unvarnished truth in an appropriate and helpful manner, keeps confidences, admits mistakes, and doesn’t misrepresent him/herself for personal gain + Prioritization – The ability to successfully manage multiple competing work efforts across multiple teams + Involves assessing impacts, importance and urgency and setting direction and expectations – in order to meet or exceed expectations for timeliness and quality of work + Must be legally authorized to work in the United States for any employer without sponsorship + Successful completion of interview required to meet job qualification + Reliable, punctual attendance is an essential function of the position **What will help you propel from the pack (Preferred Qualifications):** + Master's degree in computer science, Information Technology, Engineering, Business + 5+ years of experience in a senior or architectural role designing enterprise solutions. + AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional (preferred). + Expertise in design and implementation of complex IT solutions + Technical knowledge in area of expertise + Awareness of industry best practices and research The base pay range for this role is $109,820.00 to $149,600.00. The base salary range/hourly rate listed is dependent on job-related, non-discriminatory factors such as experience, education, and skills. This position is also eligible for bonus and/or long-term incentive compensation awards. You may be eligible for the following competitive benefits: medical, dental, vision, life, accident & disability, parental leave, employee assistance program, commuter, paid holidays, paid time off, 401(k) and flight privileges. United Airlines is an equal opportunity employer. United Airlines recruits, employs, trains, compensates and promotes regardless of race, religion, color, national origin, gender identity, sexual orientation, physical ability, age, veteran status and other protected status as required by applicable law. Equal Opportunity Employer - Minorities/Women/Veterans/Disabled/LGBT. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform crucial job functions. Please contact JobAccommodations@united.com to request accommodation.
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